diff --git a/Classes/WDGLUtilities.h b/Classes/WDGLUtilities.h
index 9e3eaea..1cc4055 100644
--- a/Classes/WDGLUtilities.h
+++ b/Classes/WDGLUtilities.h
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 #import <OpenGLES/ES1/gl.h>
 #import <OpenGLES/ES1/glext.h>
 
-void WDGLBuildQuadForRect(CGRect rect, CGAffineTransform transform, GLuint *quadVAO, GLuint *quadVBO, BOOL stroke);
+void WDGLBuildQuadForRect(CGRect rect, CGAffineTransform transform, GLuint *quadVAO, GLuint *quadVBO);
 void WDGLRenderInRect(CGRect rect, CGAffineTransform transform);
diff --git a/Classes/WDGLUtilities.m b/Classes/WDGLUtilities.m
index 26dd6c5..c0dda2a 100644
--- a/Classes/WDGLUtilities.m
+++ b/Classes/WDGLUtilities.m
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #import "WDGLUtilities.h"
 
-void WDGLBuildQuadForRect(CGRect rect, CGAffineTransform transform, GLuint *quadVAO, GLuint *quadVBO, BOOL stroke)
+void WDGLBuildQuadForRect(CGRect rect, CGAffineTransform transform, GLuint *quadVAO, GLuint *quadVBO)
 {
     CGPoint corners[4];
     
@@ -24,33 +24,19 @@ void WDGLBuildQuadForRect(CGRect rect, CGAffineTransform transform, GLuint *quad
         corners[i] = CGPointApplyAffineTransform(corners[i], transform);
     }
     
+    const GLfloat vertices[] = {
+        corners[0].x, corners[0].y, 0.0, 0.0,
+        corners[1].x, corners[1].y, 1.0, 0.0,
+        corners[3].x, corners[3].y, 0.0, 1.0,
+        corners[2].x, corners[2].y, 1.0, 1.0,
+    };
+    
     glGenVertexArraysOES(1, quadVAO);
     glBindVertexArrayOES(*quadVAO);
     
     // create, bind, and populate VBO
     glGenBuffers(1, quadVBO);
     glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, *quadVBO);
-    
-    const GLfloat *vertices = NULL;
-    
-    if (stroke) {
-        const GLfloat quadVertices[] = {
-            corners[0].x, corners[0].y, 0.0, 0.0,
-            corners[1].x, corners[1].y, 1.0, 0.0,
-            corners[2].x, corners[2].y, 1.0, 1.0,
-            corners[3].x, corners[3].y, 0.0, 1.0
-        };
-        vertices = quadVertices;
-    } else {
-        const GLfloat quadVertices[] = {
-            corners[0].x, corners[0].y, 0.0, 0.0,
-            corners[1].x, corners[1].y, 1.0, 0.0,
-            corners[3].x, corners[3].y, 0.0, 1.0,
-            corners[2].x, corners[2].y, 1.0, 1.0,
-        };
-        vertices = quadVertices;
-    }
-    
     glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(GLfloat) * 16, vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
     
     // set up attrib pointers
diff --git a/Classes/WDPainting.m b/Classes/WDPainting.m
index 66a66f6..455a84e 100644
--- a/Classes/WDPainting.m
+++ b/Classes/WDPainting.m
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ - (GLuint) quadVAO
     if (!quadVAO_) {
         [EAGLContext setCurrentContext:self.context];
         CGRect bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, self.width, self.height);
-        WDGLBuildQuadForRect(bounds, CGAffineTransformIdentity, &quadVAO_, &quadVBO_, NO);
+        WDGLBuildQuadForRect(bounds, CGAffineTransformIdentity, &quadVAO_, &quadVBO_);
     }
     
     return quadVAO_;
diff --git a/Classes/WDShadowQuad.m b/Classes/WDShadowQuad.m
index 639a4d5..57b3853 100644
--- a/Classes/WDShadowQuad.m
+++ b/Classes/WDShadowQuad.m
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ - (void) blitWithScale:(float)scale
     
     if (!CGRectEqualToRect(rect, lastRect)) {
         [self freeBuffers];
-        WDGLBuildQuadForRect(rect, CGAffineTransformIdentity, &vao_, &vbo_, NO);
+        WDGLBuildQuadForRect(rect, CGAffineTransformIdentity, &vao_, &vbo_);
     }
     
     // Bind the texture to be used